An architect’s and designer’s guide to specifying custom drapery — and how Window25 can handle the technical details for you, at no cost. Selecting a beautiful fabric is often the most enjoyable part of designing custom drapery. But choosing the fabric is only the beginning. What happens next determines whether the finished drapery looks and performs as the designer intended. Will the folds hang properly? Will the pattern align across adjoining panels? Will the drapery stack

Window25’s Craftsmanship in Peter Dunham’s Kips Bay Guest Bedroom At the 2026 Kips Bay Decorator Show House New York, Peter Dunham created a guest bedroom that feels less like a temporary show house installation and more like a room that has evolved over decades. Located on the fifth floor of the historic townhouse at 80 West Washington Place in Greenwich Village, Dunham’s room is layered with color, art, antiques, textiles, and objects that seem collected rather than coordin

A Division 12 drapery specification may occupy only a few pages. But behind those pages are dozens of decisions that determine whether the finished treatment looks intentional, operates correctly, coordinates with the architecture, and performs the way the designer imagined. The fabric selection is only one of them. At Window25, we approach drapery as a complete system: fabric + fabrication + hardware + architecture + operation. Before releasing a treatment for fabrication, y

A good fabric specification should do more than identify a product. It should translate design intent into something that can actually be built. That is where Window25 can help. If you have an upcoming project involving custom drapery, Roman shades, interior roller shades, engineered shading solutions, upholstery, outdoor cushions, acoustical fabric solutions, or exterior shading, send it to us. We’ll help your team develop the specification at no charge. You do not need to h

Window25 is proud to participate in the 2026 Kips Bay Decorator Show House New York, contributing our custom wall-upholstery craftsmanship to a remarkable room conceived by acclaimed interior designer Peter Dunham. One of the most anticipated events in American interior design, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House brings together leading designers and craftspeople to transform an extraordinary residence into a showcase of imagination, artistry, and technical execution. For Windo

A better way to think about window treatments, upholstery, and textile performance Architects and designers spend enormous time thinking about how a space should look and feel. Light. Proportion. Texture. Color. Materiality. Comfort. But when it comes to window treatments and upholstery, there is one question that can easily get pushed too far down the list: What does this element need to do? That question is the foundation of what I call the Purpose → Design → Fabric process

The design may look right—and still be wrong. A fabric can be beautiful, expensive, perfectly colored—and still be the wrong choice. That is one of the most important lessons in specifying textiles. The problem is not always that the fabric itself is bad. The problem is that it was selected before anyone stopped to ask: What does this fabric actually need to do? When appearance leads, and purpose follows, the result may look right at installation but fail in use. The example

The order matters more than most of us realize. In interior design, fabric is often one of the first things to capture our attention. We see the color. We feel the texture. We imagine the drapery, the banquette, the Roman shade, the upholstered wall, or the outdoor cushion. And almost immediately, we begin designing around it. But after decades of fabricating and installing textile-based solutions, I’ve come to believe that this instinct often starts the process in exactly th

Fabric is one of the most visible elements in an interior. We notice the color first. Then the pattern. The texture. The hand. The way it works with everything else in the room. But once the project is finished and the client begins living in the space, something else becomes much more important: How does the fabric actually perform? That is the idea behind The Fabric Performance Workshop, a new weekly series about specifying fabrics not simply for appearance, but for what th

A practical guide to fabric openness, exposure, glare, transparency, and solar performance Solar shades can seem like one of the simpler elements of a project. Select an openness factor. Choose a color. Coordinate the hardware. Approve the sample. But solar shade fabric is not simply a finish. It is a performance material that directly affects solar heat gain, glare, daylight, transparency, and the occupant's relationship with the exterior. The fabric, glazing, orientation, a

Why textile performance must be judged by use, maintenance, exposure, and wear A room can look perfect on installation day. The shades are aligned. The draperies fall beautifully. The upholstery is clean. The acoustic panels disappear into the architecture. The outdoor cushions look fresh, tailored, and complete. Everyone photographs the space. Everyone breathes a little easier. The project looks finished. But installation day is not the real test. Daily life is. A textile do

Installation day is not the real test. A room can look finished. The fabric can look beautiful. The shades can roll smoothly. The drapery can hang perfectly. The sofa can photograph well. Then daily life begins. The morning sun comes through the bedroom. The great room echoes. The west-facing glass turns a beautiful space into a glare problem. The sofa fabric pills, stains, or stretches. Outdoor cushions absorb moisture and become the first visible sign of failure. That is wh

FROM FRAME TO FORM These sculptural upholstered barrel chairs are a testament to true craftsmanship. Built entirely from the frame up inside the Window25 workroom, every element is thoughtfully constructed by hand — beginning with a solid hardwood frame and finished with meticulous upholstery techniques rarely seen in modern production furniture. Wrapped in a luxurious textured bouclé fabric, the chairs feature a bold, flowing silhouette that feels both contemporary and time

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